World Casino News brings you complete coverage of the European gaming markets, openings and closings, regulatory changes, mergers & acquisitions, and finance. You'll find coverage of major industry events and trade shows, as well as casinos for sale from Malta to Riga and beyond.
Much of the news in this section comes out of the UK, due to the mature gambling market and robust licensing requirements there. We also cover partnerships and game distribution deals in the online sector so players will know where to find their favorite games, and industry executives can follow emerging and continuing trends.
Isle of Man-based software provider Playtech announced that the company have sealed a deal with win2day to take over supply of the regulated online poker network in Austria.
The agreement obliges the supplie...
UK’s biggest bookmaker William Hill has reportedly teamed up with NYX Gaming Group to buy betting technology provider OpenBet. According to information that hit the public, OpenBet owner requests $300 million f...
Although Olympic Entertainment Group held a soft opening of their Casino Malta in December, the official grand opening was held on Friday, February 12. An invitation-only gala occurred until midnight, when the ...
Rather than jail time, suspended sentences were given to three men who were part of a gang that cheated the Grosvenor Victoria Casino out of thousands of pounds.
The Evening Standard reported that the gang n...
On Friday, daily fantasy sport enthusiasts joined the estimated 8.5 million season-long fantasy football fans in the United Kingdom as the world’s leading daily fantasy sports platform, DraftKings, announced it...
Evolution Gaming has launched a live dealer studio at the new offices of the gambling company Napoleon Games. The office building is located in Aalst, Belgium. The live casino studio will officially be in opera...
A press release from Clarion Events notes that "ICE is the United Nations of gaming as international visitors gather in London," and it couldn't be more true. The mega gaming industry event has attracted more t...
While the port city in southern France prepares to open a public tender to develop Marseille’s first ever casino, the country’s largest casino group, Partouche, has begun work on an open air casino not far from...
It is the do-not-miss industry event: 2016’s ICE Totally Gaming – the show that has evolved to become the annual launch pad for gaming innovation. Not only will hundreds of new products be introduced to the gam...
A slump in profits among Asian gambling operators could benefit the Mediterranean island of Cyprus’ attempts to establish its first casino resort as Macau gaming operator Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. and othe...
Cities of France could be adding casinos as the area has seen the best revenues in seven years. The municipal governments of France are struggling, so with the revenue growth, the area could expand gaming optio...
An agreement to acquire a 20 percent holding in the Polish subsidiary Casino Polonia-Wrocław sp. z o.o. was signed by Olympic Entertainment Group (OEG) company Baina Investments sp. z o.o. The deal increases OE...
The list of approved Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) services by the UK Gambling Commission received another entity – ThePOGG.com. The reputable affiliate portal that has been online for several years now ...
World tennis was rocked this week when a player from South America got candid and revealed that match fixing was a common occurrence on the circuit and it wasn’t a secret as both players and the authorities tha...
Working towards modernizing Holland’s land-based and online gaming markets has been a daunting endeavor and a recent change in a proposed tax rate is just the latest roadblock to the country's attempts at gambl...